Faithless elector laws

Faithless elector laws are a kind of laws in the United States of America. Faithless elector laws say that it is against the law for 2 kinds of electors to vote any way but the way the common voters told them they must. Those 2 kinds of electors are: electors for President of the United States of America; and electors for Vice President of the United States of America.^[1]

Some experts believe faithless elector laws include the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause.^[1]

Because faithless electors are not normal, 1 faithless elector's vote may cause a state's whole slate of votes to be thrown away by Congress. 1 reason that faithless elector laws are needed is the chance that 1 faithless elector's vote may cause a state's whole slate of votes to be thrown away by Congress.^[2]^{:918, "A single faithless vote…"}

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[Keeping_the_Faith:_How_the_Fourteenth_Amendment_Should_Protect_Against_Faithless_Electors-1] 1.0 ^1.1 http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/aklr56

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